Served Dish

Vietnamese Fried Rice

Serves:8 people
Preparation
  • 3 cups of thai perfumed rice
  • 4 cups of water
  • Place rice and water in a pot. Bring to a boil.
  • Boil on high, uncovered, for 3 minutes
  • Reduce to lowest level (1), cover and cook for 15 minutes
  • Once cooked, set aside
  • 4 large eggs (63g ea), beaten
  • Heat a little oil in a large frying pan and add eggs.
  • Once firm, flip omelette over to cook other side
  • Remove from pan, and cut into small pieces and set aside
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 5 cloves of garlic, crushed
  • 3 green onions, finely chopped
  • 5 cm of fresh ginger, finely grated
  • 1 tsp of sambal oelek
  • Heat a little oil in a large wok.
  • Add onion, garlic, green onions, ginger and sambal oelek to wok
  • Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes until onions become transparent
  • Remove from wok and set aside with cooked eggs
  • 250g pork, cut in thin small strips
  • 125g dried garlic sausage, sliced
  • Heat a little oil in wok
  • Add sausage and pork to wok
  • Mix until cooked then remove from wok and set aside onion/egg mixture
  • 200g fine green beans, finely chopped
  • 4 carrots, finely diced
  • 1 red pepper, finely diced
  • Add a little oil to wok
  • Add green beans, carrots and red pepper to wok
  • Cook on med/high until carrots are tender/crisp (approx 5 minutes)
  • 4 1/2 tbsp. of fish sauce
  • 3 tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • Mix fish sauce, soy sauce and sugar in a small bowl
  • Add rice and pork/onion/egg mixture to vegetables in wok and mix well
  • Add sauce to wok and stir until thoroughly mixed and heated through
  • small handful of coriander (cilantro), finely chopped
  • Add chopped coriander to wok
  • Mix well and serve
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